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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index fa79feb8fe57..160c1c4ef253 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -624,8 +624,9 @@ config SCHED_HW_PRESSURE
arch_update_hw_pressure() and arch_scale_thermal_pressure().
config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
- bool "BSD Process Accounting"
+ bool "BSD Process Accounting (DEPRECATED)"
depends on MULTIUSER
+ default n
help
If you say Y here, a user level program will be able to instruct the
kernel (via a special system call) to write process accounting
@@ -635,7 +636,9 @@ config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
command name, memory usage, controlling terminal etc. (the complete
list is in the struct acct in <file:include/linux/acct.h>). It is
up to the user level program to do useful things with this
- information. This is generally a good idea, so say Y.
+ information. This mechanism is antiquated and has significant
+ scalability issues. You probably want to use eBPF instead. Say
+ N unless you really need this.
config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3
bool "BSD Process Accounting version 3 file format"